SNAKE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a small middle-grades school in BLACKFOOT, Idaho, SNAKE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL instructs 258 students from grades 5 through 6, part of SNAKE RIVER DISTRICT. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 507 students each, so SNAKE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in SNAKE RIVER DISTRICT (3,730 students total), SNAKE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, SNAKE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bingham County) logs that median household earnings sit near $77,878, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Bingham County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,273 students), of which SNAKE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ROCKFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. SNAKE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 278 (now 258). The White share of enrollment increased from 77% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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